Re: Cut off funds to NASA
- From: Quadibloc <jsavard@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:38:49 -0800 (PST)
On Feb 17, 9:18 pm, mommycal...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
The Minuteman II missile did indeed create a government demand for
integrated circuits, but there is a big leap between a 7404 hex
inverter and the Intel 4004 microprocessor. There is an even bigger
leap between the Intel 4004 microprocessor and what NASA needed and
got later on.
Yes, and the Intel 4004 microprocessor came about because a Japanese
calculator company, Busicom, wanted specialized integrated circuits
from Intel. NASA certainly did buy computers, both for use on the
ground, and in its spacecraft, but although occasionally the space
program is cited in a vague, nonspecific way as driving the
microelectronic revolution, the only specific item I've seen that
comes close is the one related to the military rather than to space
exploration.
John Savard
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